Franz Schubert: Rondo in A major D.438 for violin and strings
Slovenian Philharmonic String Quartet with guests
Oliver Dizdarević Škrabar – solo violin
Žiga Faganel – violin
Irina Kevorkova – violin
Maja Rome – viola
Gordana Keller Petrej – cello
Petar Brčarević – double bass
Slovenian Philharmonic – The Slavko Osterc Hall
September 23, 2012
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The Rondo for Violin and Strings, D 438, is a composition in in A major by Franz Schubert. He wrote the rondo in 1816. Like the roughly contemporary Adagio and Rondo concertante in F major, D 487, the work is a concertante piece designed to highlight the skills of the violin soloist.
Background
Schubert composed the piece in 1816, along with a number of other works featuring a violin soloist including the three sonatinas (D 384/385 & D 408) and the Konzertstück in D major, D 345. It is believed that the work was composed with the intent that either the composer himself or his brother Ferdinand would take the soloists part.[1] [2]
The piece was unpublished during the composers lifetime, not seeing publication until 1897, when Breitkopf & Härtel published it in an edition edited by Eusebius Mandyczewski.[3] [1]
Structure
The composition, which is written for a violin soloist and an accompanying group made up of violins, violas & cellos,[a] is structured as a single multi-tempo movement divided into two sections, the
*****Introduction (Marked: Adagio) and the
*****Rondo (Marked: Allegro giusto).
It takes around 14 – 15 minutes to perform.
